Sunil Gavaskar is concerned about the way Umran Malik and other Express Pacers have exposed young Indian batsmen. India is great, Sunil Gavaskar is pleased that fast bowlers such as Umran have emerged in Indian cricket. But he is concerned about how young Indian batters are dealing with these fast bowlers.
Umran Malik has established himself as one of the most talented fast bowlers in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. Along with the SunRisers Hyderabad fast bowler, Mohsin Khan of the Lucknow Super Giants. Kuldeep Sen of the Rajasthan Royals, and Yash Dayal of the Gujarat Titans have all impressed among the crop of young Indian pacers competing in the ongoing IPL season. Sunil Gavaskar, a former India captain, is pleased that fast bowlers like Umran. Emerged in Indian cricket, but he is concerned about how young Indian batters are dealing with these fast bowlers.
“We always take notice of and admire pace. But it is his (Umran’s) accuracy, not his speed, that distinguishes him from the others. Yes, he bowls over 150mph, but his average speed is around 145kmph. There are two or three more bowlers like Mohsin and Kuldip. There are bowlers, but none are as accurate as Umran. So, when you’re accurate, you don’t give the batters a chance “Gavaskar made the remarks on Star Sports following the SRH-MI IPL 2022 match on Tuesday.
We always take notice of and admire pace: Sunil Gavaskar
“He moves so fast you don’t know what to do.” In some ways, what he has done, as well as what Mohsin (Khan), Kuldip (Sen), and (Yash) Dayal have done, is a sad thing. All of these guys bowling 140-plus have exposed many young Indian batsmen. Which is unfortunate from the standpoint of Indian cricket.
“Guys who look very good in the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy, the other domestic T20 competition. Which is only for the national players. A lot of players are going around and smashing the ball around because they are not playing this kind of pace. They are not playing this quality bowling. Suddenly, now they come here and they don’t know what to do because instead of going like this (on front foot) suddenly they have to go to the back foot. Which they have not done at all. For one delivery, they might not have done it. They might have transferred their weight. So, while the exciting part is Umran coming through, the little worrying part is lot of the young players at home, we are saying that ‘ok these guys can do the job, once the seniors go’ they really have to work hard on their game to fill in those boots.”
Sunil Gavaskar
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